One could see how bloodthirsty they were as soon as they saw the opportunity to have extrajudicial punishment and the opportunity to kill a lot of brown people.

societal PTSD from 9/11

I feel 9/11 was less of a "we were struck by the ravages of war" and more of a "how dare they shoot back" event. If it was like the bombing of London by the Nazis, that makes most people reluctant to go to war instead of making war popular.

I mean, who looks at 9/11 and says "we want more of this"? Apparently most Americans?

1/4 to 1/3 at most. Remember most eligible voters don't vote.

EDIT: it's also worth noting that many can't vote. Like voting day not being a public holiday and they cant get off work, mail-in not being available, public transport not being free on voting day, or simply being purged from voting rolls.

The current regime is just the next step in authoritarian fascism from the Trump era. Democrats should have arrested and exposed all the criminals but they prefer neoliberal economics and performative actions over justice.

What's new is that an American politician uses all the dirty tricks on the US itself instead of a country on the other side of the globe.

Bush is an international war criminal and a US criminal by lying to congress to start multiple wars.

The fact that America didn’t have the balls to arrest its previous criminals only allowed the next set of criminals to take it even further.

America is a land full of subservient serfs that want an authoritarian figure to rule over them. They don’t even care if their master is a child rapist.

No, Bush just had some decorum. Trump is also taking advantage of the weakening of institutions and norms that occurred during the Bush administration.

“Now watch this drive”

Bush deliberately accelerated the execution of majority poor black and Latino men in Texas as a popularity contest before he even thought about running for president.

He only seems affable because he's rich.